Planchonella latihila is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. As with other plants in the same genus, it possesses stamens that are located below (and rarely in) the tube orifice; a multi-seeded fruit, as well as foliaceous cotyledons embedded in endosperm.[1]
Planchonella latihila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Genus: | Planchonella |
Species: | P. latihila
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Binomial name | |
Planchonella latihila Swenson, Munzinger & Bartish, 2007
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References
edit- ^ Swenson, Ulf, Jérôme Munzinger, and Igor V. Bartish. "Molecular phylogeny of Planchonella (Sapotaceae) and eight new species from New Caledonia."Taxon (2007): 329-354.
Further reading
edit- Méndez, Marcos, and Jérôme Munzinger. "Planchonella, first record of gynomonoecy for the family Sapotaceae." Plant Systematics and Evolution287.1-2 (2010): 65–73.
- Munzinger, Jérôme, and Ulf Swenson. "Three new species of Planchonella Pierre (Sapotaceae) with a dichotomous and an online key to the genus in New Caledonia." Adansonia 31.1 (2009): 175–189.
External links
edit- "Planchonella latihila". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online